Sunday, August 31, 2008

Adolph Bolm (1884-1958) - Famed Ballets Russes Dancer

Bolm and Karsavina in Firebird (1911)

Bolm in 'DanceMacabre' (1924)



This site ...

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... has tons of photos of Bolm in various ballets and places him in the context of the Ballets Russes and C20 dance in general through listing publications and his papers.

2 comments:

Spaewaif said...

I never thought I would ever see any Tamara footage,considering that Diaghilev didn't want his dancers to appear on film.

Spaewaif said...

Hmmm... I think I left the previous comment in the wrong post!
That Firebird photo is rarely seen.Thank you.